Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-04-02
ORIENTAL SERVANTS.
a Question that Also Troubles Per,
sian Housewives.
The "Sowker7 Has His Good Points Bot
lie H. an Uncomfortable Liar and a
T~hisf-AOms Peculiar Gus
aesGs.

Il is not alone In 'bi. country, az
May Dadgsrs1 and worried house
wives are tpg prone n assume, tina,
tie ser1set question serves ~ 4 con-
stan, iu.ta1f and reminder q. the in
psr1ee'ipa .! every ding mundane.
Tas serra1t question. 10 ;ae,, j. q "a
r9rice ups aa5 . popular problem
Isag ess- "aare. f, ,As OLD world a.
rasra 80 /. 'ss 1er y, fin by far the
O-sr. re-a q. b. 'aa O-,idea' J., rad
ea.F c.Ee-- waea 'ae servants them
2, IRE p-Yn,lefrd' r. truth, no
sres.ef rglte4s, could re conceived
than tae aTsr4gs b.ddyo # The American
bouHaol6 forward, pert
and irrepres..1.e, jet ~i,Aal Affection
~, hones, ard iud1s,riou .-ofers ~
The regulation serf4nt 10 oriental
oouu,rss
The mos. efficient servants in the
East are Creek. Strange that the de-
seendants II that plucky little nation
which filed the world with glory ever
blasting should now be content ~ do
mental service for the descendants Of
predatory hordes that were not even
mentioned in the pages Of history till
long after Greece. glory had departed.
Strange that the sons Of that land
which possessed the most refined,
thorough and harmonious culture, and
which knew but one name If barbarism
for every non-Greck. should now in
their dcbasement be satisfied with the
bread Of servants doled out 10 them BY
rough, Wncultured barbarians. But
there is no gainsaying the fact that tn,
Greek to-day makes a most skillf:'.
attentive and plant domestic. For hi
rectitudc, his faiihfnlncss, mis- trust
worthiness, and other Western charac
~teristics unfortunately not much can b,
said. bui II good deal about the absenc,
Of >hosA qualities. Yet, AS in the king
dom q the blind the one-cycd man
monarch, so in Turkey the Greek is III
king Of servants. The othcrs-Turk
Armcnians, Arnauts, Bulgarians, Ably
s~inians, Arabs, ete.,-are insuficrabI
stupid, slow and unwilling to worI
Europeans in Turkey nearly alwa,
Employ Greeks. In the large cities
Turkey, especially in C%onstantinop
and smyrna, it is largely by the d
vious influence they exert throu,
their ~compatriots in the service
Turkish dignitaries that the Gree
maintain the pre-eminent position til
there enjoy. And eve the most fan
ical old-school Turk, who may cul
with bated breath the very existence
the giaour, can not get along witht
his adroit, smooth-spoken Greek sec
tary. dragoman, ~pipe-bearcr. or b.
servant. These Levantine or Byza
inc Greeks must not be confount
with their cousins OF Greece prop
with whom they have hardly any thi
In common save consanguinity q
language. While the real Greeks ha
during the past sixty years, repeate'
proved to the world that valor a
love Of independence are not de
within them. those Hcllenes Of Turl
are above all noted for a total lack
independence and bravery. They
utterly unconscious Of their own d.
radiation, and will readily kiss the ha
tina. smites them. With all that, II
curious 10 note that the old names
Greek history revive in those deg,
crate scions Of mongrel blood. Ma
a newer Of wood In Constantine